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| My friend and I went shopping for the perfect turkey at the market. |
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| Our perfect bird all dressed up, weiging a bit over 5KG. |
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| Our perfect Christmas dinner with a few friends with the essential dishes. |
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| I love bacon. I can't help it. I decided to put it in eveything. |
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| Home made mulled wine. All it takes is a few key ingredients: orange slices, sugar, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg and of course the wine. |
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| One of my creations using grapefruite juice, cava and vodka. We didn't have enough flute glasses so this will do. |
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| Star platter of nuts and sorts. |
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| One of my favourites but not because of the tast but because of the shape. |
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| Tarta de Turrón. Not home made but just as good. |
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| A very simple green salad missing one key garnish... |
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| I absolutely love the glasses these were served in. |
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| An assortment of appetizers from our office Christmas soirée. Small portions but rich flavours. |
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| Our office competed to make the best gingerbread house and of course my team won! |
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| I found myself in a small village in Tirol for the holidays. It's one of those holidays that you always dream of after seeing so many movies with the happy and the crazy. We definitely had a crazy join us for Christmas but I won't go into detail. Hope you all had a nice holiday :) |
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| Can you smell it? Christmas is only a week away and I have so much shopping to do. I better start now. This picture was taken last year when I was visiting my friend in Belfast City. This is the tree at Victoria Square, the big shopping centre. |
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| Tonight kicked off the official holiday shopping season. Most stores on the main commercial street, Passeig de Gracia, stayed open until midnight and of course all the Christmas street lights are up and running! There are also tons of freebies...everything from balloons to champagne. Get shopping! *Featured in this photo is Hotel Majestic. Rumour has it that whenever Woody Allen is in town, this is his hotel of choice. |
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| Jesus is it December already? Where has this year gone? I guess it's time to start shopping shopping shopping. The thing I love most about Europe is this...the Christmas Market and everything that comes along with it including hot wine. mmm. These were taken last year when I was visiting my friend in Belfast City. A great place to pick out some nice gifts. |
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| You know Christmas is right around the corner when the streets start to smell of roasting chestnuts, hot wine and cinnamon. Here the Christmas lights are already being hung and the Christmas markets being set up. These photos were taken from last Christmas in Volders, Austria. Nothing quite like a small town Christmas. This is also the town where the Von Tramp family is from but most people in Austria/Germany don't know of The Sound of Music. It's a sensitive subject matter. Oh and yes, that tree lights up at night. |
